CLAY CO.—Rumors about another “shooting” at the area of Clay County known as “The Ridge” have proven to be fact…sort of.
It’s “sort of” because no one was injured, so it wasn’t exactly “a shooting”…it was just a resident firing in the air. However, there was reportedly an arrest, and here’s what we know:
An iN THE AIR shooting….
At about 10:20 p.m. last night (Friday, May 17, 2013) Adam Fancher was at his parents’ house (the Terry Fancher residence) at The Ridge in northwestern Clay County when he fired a weapon into the air, “blowing off steam,” as it was characterized to us by unofficial sources. But, as it turned out, Adam Fancher is a felon, and having a weapon in his possession—firing it notwithstanding—reportedly violated his parole.
Someone called the cops, and the response was massive, as it usually is at The Ridge. At least five state troopers are reported to have arrived with the locals, and were there until 3:30 a.m. or so, when it was sorted out and Fancher was reportedly taken in.
And that’s all there was to that.
Rampant rumors about another shooting, this one in another location (we’ve heard Flora, as well as Louisville), have no basis in fact. The gist of these was that Robert Sherman had gone on a rampage and shot people, supposedly members of his family. THIS IS NOT THE CASE, and there’s simply nothing to it. How this one got started, we may never know. But our sources have been calling law enforcement and bugging them about it all day, and it’s just not real. So everyone worried about that one can rest easy.
Check back frequently about The Ridge situation, to see if there are any changes.